Learn about our unique variety of rhodinol-rich lemongrass essential oil, it's benefits and uses and how it is different from regular lemongrass oil.
Lemongrass essential oil is one of our favorites for reducing unwanted microscopic “visitors” drawn to moist areas. These unwelcome guests like to 'make themselves at home'. . . and can make things unpleasant for us. So we like to use lemongrass essential oil to keep these areas healthy—like damp shower stalls. Lemongrass tub and tile cleaners are wonderfully effective!
And what about closed leather shoes? A lemongrass essential oil foot cream can help keep the skin on your feet feeling healthy and itch-free. Lemongrass essential oil is also good for clearing away potential allergens, purifying the air, and staying healthy during cold and flu season.
It’s good at all this because it’s rich in the natural components 'neral' and 'geranial'. Together these two components are known as 'citral'. Citral is in the chemical family of 'aldehydes', and it’s a great cleaner! Most lemongrass essential oil is chock full of it.
But take caution with most lemongrass essential oil: Lemongrass essential oil that is rich in CITRAL can irritate skin!
When we see an essential oil rich in aldehydes, we can make an educated guess that the oil might cause skin irritation, and we want to limit its use in topical applications (or nasal inhalers).
So it’s a good idea to limit the amount of lemongrass in your body products. Stick with a safe dilution ratio of 1% (5 or 6 drops of essential oils for every 1 oz of carrier), and include skin-nourishing essential oils such as Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) or Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin).
Unless . . .
Lemongrass essential oil that nourishes skin? That's rare and exciting! Can you imagine how excited we were when we found a lemongrass variety that doesn’t irritate skin?
We had to meet the farmer and distiller! His name is Gurpreet, he lives in India, and he grows and distills a variety of lemongrass rich in the component 'rhodinol'. Rhodinol is not an aldehyde. It’s in the chemical family of 'monoterpenols'. When we see an oil rich in monoterpenols, our educated guess is that it’ll be gentle on skin. And Gurpreet’s rhodinol-rich lemongrass lives up to expectations!
This rare variety of lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus ct. rhodinol) is every bit as effective when it comes to keeping surfaces clean and reducing microbes, but thanks to the high rhodinol content, we can use it more for skin care applications, too.
(Cue the aromatherapy celebration!)
Most lemongrass essential oil smells herbaceous and penetrating, even "sharp".
Rhodinol-rich lemongrass essential oil has a soft, rosy scent with hints of citrus. It’s so soothing!
We love this soft, gentle, exceptional variety of lemongrass essential oil for:
Rhodinol-rich lemongrass essential oil is great for natural cleaners, room sprays, diffuser blends, foot cream, linen sprays, roll-on blends, and inhalers. Get some recipes here!
Gurpreet is a very conscientious farmer, dedicated to 100% sustainable, organic practices. He cultivates his plants with love and care . . . and doesn’t try to force nature to yield anything it’s not ready to give. That means we’re on nature’s time-table with this rare essential oil. (We’ll tell you more about Gurpreet’s journey and his small-scale, organic practices in an upcoming post!)
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